Dish-holding basket for dish-washing machines.



G. s. BLAKESLEE. DISH HOLDING BASKET POE DISH WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21 1913.

1,087,209,, I Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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UNITED STATES,

GEORGE s. BLAKESILEE,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISH-HOLDING BASKET FOR DISH-WASHING MACHINES.

Speciflation of Application filed April 21,

Lette t n Patented Feb. 1 7, 1914.

1913. Serial No. 762,580.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. BLAKESLEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish -Holding Baskets for Dish-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 10 ings.

This invention relates to improvements in dish-holding baskets primarily designed for use in connection with dish-washing machines of the type wherein paddle-wheels are employed to cause water to be thrown against dishes contained in suitable baskets or containers that are moved through the machine. Machines of this general type are shown and described in my pending application, Serial No. 760,974, filed April 14,1913, and also in the Letters Patent mentioned in said application. While my improved device is regarded as of especial value in connection with such machines it is of course understood that it may be employed in other makes of dish-washing I machines wherein are provided means for dashing water; against dishes that are contained in basketsi that are moved past the water-discharging means.

-The leading objects of my invention areto provide a construction of basket or dishcontainer so constructed asto hold therein a largenumber of dishes, which dishes will i 35 b; so positioned with respect to thesource;

against them will be most efiectively ap-g plied,'and also to so construct such basketsi that, while strong and durable, they will} also prevent injury to the dishes. I accom- 1 plish these objects by the constructions illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter par-' ticularly described. That which I belleve to-be new will beset forth in the claims. In the drawings,--Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved basket, partly broken. away;-Fig. 2 is a top or plan view, some. portions of the device being'broken away;

Fig. Sis a detail being a small portion of the 50 upper and lower dish-holding frames, and showing p'jarticularly the inclination of the pins carried by the lower frame member.

Fig. 4 is a detail, in perspective, of.'a portion of the lower dish-holding frame; Fig.

5 is a detail, in perspective, of one end of.

the upper dish-holding frame; Fig. -6 is an enlarged cross-section taken at line 66 of Fig. 2 and illustrating one of the devices on the bottom of the basket which by engagement with the lower dish-holding frame prevents'any possibility of such frame moving and thereby rattling orshaking the dishes; Fig. 7 is a cross-section at line 7'7 of Fig. 1; Figs. 8 and 9 are views quite similar to Figs. 1 and 2 but showing a 5 modified form of dish-holding frame in the basket; Fig. 10 is an end View of the dishholding frame shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the end rails'being partly broken away; and Fig. 11 isa detail, being aside view of a portion of such frame.

Referring to the several figuresfof the drawings in which corresponding parts are indicated by like reference characters, 10 indicates a basket-frame the sides and ends 5 of which are formed, in the construction shown, of wire, the strands thereof being Wide apart so that practically no obstruction is presented to the admission of the water that is to be dashed against the dishes in the basket. This basket-frame is open at the top and bottom and is strengthened by metal water supply that the water dashedijtheir intersections.

bands 11 and 12, the bands 11 being disposed at opposite sides of the longitudinal center and extending beneath the open lower end 5 I and up against the ends of the basket-frame and terminating in extensions to which are riveted eyes 13 that furnish supports for handles 14. The bands 1-2 extend also across the open bottom of thebasket-frame at opposite sides of the transverse center thereof and are bent up and extend along the sides of the basket as shown. The upper and lower ed es, of thezbasket-frame are each protected y a metal binding strip 15 and 16, respectively, and to such stripsthe bands 11 and12 are riveted. The-frame thus formed is strong and durable. The bands 11 and 12 may also be riveted together if desired at In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 two frames areemployed withinthe basket, which frames cooperate in properly'holding the dishes'to be washed. These frames are located'one above'the other .The lower one of the two frames comprises a series of lonr gitudinally-extending bars 17 which rest upon the bands 12 and are held spaced apart by a series of cross-bars 18, each bar 17 carrying a plurality of pins or posts 19.. These pins or posts are best secured in place by being fittedinto correspondingly-shapedsockets or holes bored in the bars 17. Two important features in respect to these pins are to be noted,-first, each pin is arranged to stand at a slight inclination to a vertical position, such inclination being toward one'end of the basket, and second, the pins of the several bars 17 are-not arranged in transverse rows parallel with the ends of the basket-frame but are arranged in diagonal rows, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This lower frame comprising the longitudinal bars 17, crossbars 18 and pins or posts 19, is intended to fit with reasonable accuracy the basket-frame with the ends of the bars 17, and 18 in contact with, or close to, the inner face of the binding strip 16, but to obviate the necessity of having to make an eXact fitting of the said lower frame to the basket and at the same time secure the said lower frame against any independent movement that might tend to rattle or disturb dishes resting in it I provide holding devices, which in the form shown are two short sections of channel-iron 20, bolted to the upper faces of the bands 12 and with one of the flanges of each of which one of the cross-bars 18 frictionally engages. The upper oneof the, two frames comprises side bars 21, end bars 22 and cross-bars 23 the latter being arranged diagonally between and suitably secured to the side bars 21. This upper frame fits within the basket and is secured in position by clips or wires 24: (see Fig. 1) This upper frame is 'so located in the basket that the diagonal cross-bars 23 are but slightly removed from the tops of the inclined pins or posts 19 of the lower frame, as best shown in Fig. 3, there being a cross-bar 23 extending over the tops of each diagonal row of such inclined pins or posts, as seen in Fig. 2. The various members of the said upper and lower frames are best made of wood, not only on account of cheapness of construction but on account of the limited liability of damage to the dishes supported by the r By reason of the inclined arrangement of the transverse rows of pins or posts, of the lower frame and of the cross-bars of the upper frame, plates, platters or other shallow dishes will be presented at an angle to the direction of movement of the water which is'dashed onto them by suitable mechanism located at one side of the basket, and, in addition to standing at an angle to the side of the basket, such dishes will be also held inclined downward at a considerable angle, which latter position is permitted by the in clination of 'thepins or posts 19. Such double inclination of the dishes presents them to the incoming water to the very best advanta e for securing a thorough cleansing and draining. I find it an advantage to have the pins 19 of the lower frame and the cross-bars 23 of the upper frame wholly disconnected from each other as the parts are then able to independently yield to a slight extent which is of benefit in some cases.

The construction so far described is of especial value in connection with the holding of shallow dishes, such as plates, platters and the like, but for holding other shapes, such as cups,- it is suflicient to provide the basketwhich I make exactly the same in all caseswith a single dish-holding frame.

The basket of Figs. 8 and.9 is indicated by the same reference characters as in the. preceding figures. Referring to the other features shown in Figs. 8 to 11,-25 indicates a series of longitudinally-extending lower bars connected by a series of short vertical posts 26 with a series of upper bars 27, which latter, in the construction shown, are of slightly less width than the bars 25. The lower bars 25 are connected together by a series of transverse bars 28, as best shown in Fig. 9 which correspond to the transverse bars 18 of the lower frame of the first-described construction, and, as in said first-described construction, two of said bars 28 rest in the channel pieces 20 and by frictional contact with one of the flanges thereof assures against any tendency to endwise movement of the frame. In the construction shown the dish-holding frame of Figs. 8 to 11 is completed by providing at each end upper and lower ends bars 28 and 29 respectively-which lieagainst or close to the Wire ends of the basket-frame. This lastdescribed dishholding frame, like those first described, is preferably made of wood, and as it is more particularly designed for holding cups and other somewhat similarly shaped small dishes the pins or posts are not required to be inclined as such dishes can be properly supported and presented to the moving wash-water when such'pins or posts arearranged vertically.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a dish-holding basket for dish-washing machines, the combination with a basket-frame, of a dish-holding frame comprising a series of pins or posts arranged in a plurality of longitudinal rows, the pins or posts of such rows forming diagonal transverse rows, and a second dish-holding frame 3. In a dish-holding basket for dish washing machines, the combination with a basketframe, of a dish-holding frame comprising a series of longitudinally-extending bars, crossbars connecting said longitudinal bars together and holding them spaced at distance apart and a row of pins or posts carried by each Ion itudinal bar, and a second dishholding ame comprising a series of crossbars located over but unconnected with the said pins ofposts.

p 1. In a dish-holdin basket for dish-Washing machines, the com ination with abasketframe, of a dish-holding frame comprising a series of longitudinally-extending bars,

together and holding them spaced a distance apart and a row of pins or posts carried by each longitudinal bar, the pins or posts of such rows being arranged to form a series of diagonal transverse rows, and a second dishholding frame comprising a series of diagonally-disposed bars over the upperends of but'unconnected with the said pins. or posts.

GEORGE s. BLAKESLEE.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS,

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